Journal-box.



L. G. WOODS.

JOURNAL BOX.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 5, 1907. 9@4,665. Patented Nov. 24. 1908.

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box ,with the side edges with continu portions 14 to which the body portion 3 is su itably secured, such as by means of rivets UNITED srarns rarrnr LEONARD. e woons'or PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

JOURNAL-BOX..-

. Specification of Letters Patent.

Applicationfiled July 5, 1907. I Serial Ho. 382,336.

lo cu whom it ma'yconce'rn; I

Be it known that I, LEONARD G. \Voons; a resident, of Pittsburg, in the county :of Allegheny. and State-of Pennsylvania, have and useful Improvement in and I do hereby .declare the vented. a new This .invention relates to journal boxes for railway car trucks.- vlde-a ournal box which is light, yet strong so as to do away with frequent and danger 'ous breakages and which conforms to'aud 1s interchangeable with the-Master Car Builders standard journal box The invention consists in formlngsuch journal box 'of a cast or drop forged top por-.

tion to secure rigidity in this part, and with av pressed plate lower or.body' portion coniprising the sides and bottom, and also including-a pressed metaldust guard pocket,

all of said parts being suitably secured .to-'

gether. Inthe -accompany1ng' drawing Figure 1 is-a side view-of my improved ournal box;

i Fig. 2 is in part a' plan View and in part a horizontal sect1on of the same on the lines 2 2, Figsl 3 and 4; Fig. 3 is a centralver- 'ticallongitudinal section of the same; and

Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse section on the line 4-4:, Fig. 2. v U

The journal box comprises'acast 'or .d-rop forged top portion 1 and a pressed metal body portion 2,-t'he latter comprising sides 3, and bottom 4, said bottonr being turned v, upwardly'at its outer end as std-to conform tov theusual Master Car Buildertype, and

-' provided with the usual opening 6 for the axle'box lid. Tho'top' 1 is provided onfth'e exterior with the usual lugs 7 provided with openings S'for'lthe journal bQ-x bolts and on its-interior is providedat the middle the shoulders .9 for holding ire, journalbearing and near the forward end with the lugs 11 -which act as stops for the ournal'box wedge. At the forward end on the exterior, it is provided Withthe usual lugs l2'to which the axle box lid ishinged. This top 'is preferably ribbed onv its outer surface as shown at 13 toir cluce weight withoutaffec'ting the strength:

, In order to secure the pressed body portion to the top the latter. is provided at its ous depending flange Its object is to pro tions 22 and 23 are as shown, so as to extend around the bottom portion such as by rivets 25.

at 1ts upper end is spaced from tha inner end of the to as at 26 to permit the nser The flanges 14 are continuous from the outer to the inner ends of the journal box and therefore offer a strong attachment between the top and body.' Said flanges are made deepest at their central portions and have the shoulders Q formed thereon. Braces 17 are formed on the outer faces of the flanges let and form stifi'eners f'orthejour The-body portion 1s (65 nal box;bolt lugs 7. cut away as at- 16 to fit around'these braces.

.The' pressed steel body portion is preferably corrugated in order to impart strength thereto, the sides 3 v r being corrugated at 19 in line :with the openings 8 for the journal box-bolts, the bolts fitting in the corrugations 19. The sides'are'also vertically corrugatedat 20 in front of the pedestal bolts,

also preferably at 21 at the rear thereof, and the bottom is also transversely corrugated, preferably on bothsi'des of the position of the tie bar, such as at 22 and 23. Theside corrugations 2O and'2l and bottom corrugapreferably continuous,

corners of the body and give strength at these points and prevent the'box from getting out of square.

The pocket 24 for the dust guard is preferably formed of pressed by meansoflwhich it is secured to the body This pocket t guard. Preferably the inwith the Master- .(JarBuilders type.- It is light and yet stronger than the usual cast The top portion is'=rigid so as to sf 4 fectively take care of the 'vertical load, also of the lateral load produced by starting and stopping a train, and also to'rcs'ist the end- I -wise thrusts of the axles due to the swinging the peta s and stiiieners so as to resist the vertical pinching stresses due to drawing the journal of the Ear-bodies, whilethe corrugations; in

box bolt nuts very tight.v They also stitl'eu orat on.

metal having flanges on the bottom and-two side edges,

body will be flanged at the,

sed; metal body portion ,act-as braces i desi mad [and W 51mm: "Car lfifiiidars" What I :igim is:

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23. A jeurfmi 390x camp-058d of a pressed iat; baa-(1y ZJ-SI'iiCIA comprising sides and uitam span at the inner and and provide. with corrugatim'ls extending csntimwusly 2.1113055 the botwm and up'ithe side porticns, a r girl in pot-tier; of metal of 9. difi'exent mzu aciez' secured to the body psrtion, am? a dust guard packet spaced from the inner 5 1.3L Comm, .fiirofazmw M.

and m? said bsdy portion. and. secured 

